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Committee orders Department of Health to inventory cesspools and report under amended HB376
Summary
HB376 was amended to HD2 to require the Department of Health to prepare a statewide inventory of remaining cesspools and submit recommendations by Jan. 1, 2045, on upgrades or sewer connections; committee passed the measure with amendments.
Chair Mark Cash proposed an HD2 for HB376 that would require the Department of Health to prepare and submit a statewide inventory of every remaining cesspool as of Jan. 1, 2045, including exempted cesspools, and to recommend by when each should be upgraded or connected to sewer.
The committee voted to pass HB376 with the HD2 amendment and set a defect date in the draft. Members recorded no reservations during the roll call that followed. The amendment formalizes a long‑standing public‑health policy goal to identify and plan to remove or upgrade cesspools statewide.
